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216 articlesWorking at Northrop Grumman: Culture, Pace and Who Thrives
An in‑depth look at Northrop Grumman’s hiring, clearance‑driven culture, compensation structure, and the tension between stability and velocity for engineers at the defense prime.
Careers at Northrop Grumman: Teams, Pay and How to Get Hired
Explores Northrop Grumman's hiring practices, compensation bands, multi‑stage hiring process, key work locations, and traits of successful employees across its defense and aerospace divisions.
RTX posts 176 openings while clearance backlog stalls hires
RTX ramps up engineering hires to meet the new $824B defense bill, focusing on clearance, veteran status and rapid deployment of autonomous systems.
Vulcan Boosters Tuesday, Sentinel Stages Thursday — Same Crew, Same Line
Northrop Grumman's Sentinel ICBM program restructuring and Congressional funding lock in multi-year demand. The company is investing over $1 billion to expand solid rocket motor capacity across four sites, targeting 25,000+ annual motor deliveries by 2029 for Sentinel, NGI, and GMD programs.
Four Giants Chase the Same 1,375 Cleared Engineers — Lockheed Just Bought the Whole Pond
Lockheed Martin is the frontrunner to acquire Ultra Maritime for $3.5 billion, adding 1,375 cleared engineers specializing in sonar arrays, torpedo guidance, and USV autonomy across U.S., UK, and Australian navies. The deal faces UK National Security and Investment Act and CFIUS reviews.
Space Force Reversed a $1.4B Single Award. The Fix Is a Cloud Marketplace.
The U.S. Space Force is shifting from government-owned ground stations to a commercial cloud-based marketplace, creating a surge in demand for engineers who combine RF expertise, DevOps skills, and orbital mechanics knowledge. Hiring is concentrated in Colorado Springs, backed by billions in new con
Boeing Cuts 300 Exquisite Jobs. Millennium Adds Shifts for 100 Satellites.
Millennium Space Systems expands El Segundo production for the Resolute mid-class satellite platform (2-4 kW), targeting 26 deliveries in 2026 against a 100-satellite backlog. Resolute entered preliminary design review, uses flight-proven common products, and supports missions across orbits. 14 open
$5.6B Pentagon Contract Forces Rocket Lab Cleared Hiring Blitz Across Two Coasts
Rocket Lab operates Neutron production across two coasts: Long Beach handles avionics, software, and Archimedes engines, while Middle River builds carbon-composite tanks and structures. Both sites hire under ITAR controls, reflecting the vehicle's defense-linked technology.
Blue Origin's Flagship Rocket Just Exploded. The Company's Fastest-Growing Program Has Nothing to Do With Rockets.
Blue Origin is developing Blue Ring, a maneuverable orbital platform designed to host multiple payloads, provide on-orbit refueling, and operate across medium Earth orbit through cislunar space. The spacecraft uses a hybrid solar electric-chemical propulsion system to optimize for diverse mission sc
NASA gave back seven guaranteed missions. Sierra Space's answer was an $8 billion valuation.
Sierra Space closed a $550 million Series C round at an $8 billion valuation on March 5, 2026, led by LuminArx Capital Management with participation from General Atlantic, Coatue, Moore Strategic Ventures, and Andalusian Private Capital. The company plans to use the capital to scale production for t
Anduril is building a $1 billion campus and a Nissan drone factory on two continents — and adding 244 jobs a week
Anduril Industries is building a 1.1-million-square-foot campus at Douglas Park in Long Beach, California, a six-building complex that will house 750,000 square feet of office space and 435,000 square feet of industrial R&D facilities. The Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce values the project at ov
SpaceX builds 40 satellites a week. Boeing's El Segundo line is targeting 60 a year — for a single customer.
Boeing won a $2.8 billion contract from Space Systems Command to build the first two Evolved Strategic Satellites for the Space Force's Evolved Strategic SATCOM program, with options for two more. The satellites provide jam-resistant, secure connectivity for nuclear command and control from geostati
Anduril is assembling a space-radar division in a city better known for surfing than satellites
Zero G Talent's board recorded 222 Anduril roles added in seven days, with a cluster of space-radar and space-sensing positions concentrated in Orange County. The most senior posting is Director of Technical Program Management, Space Radar in Costa Mesa, alongside Senior Radar Engineer and GNC roles
America Built a Handful of Exquisite Submarines. Now It's Building 200 Undersea Drones a Year.
Anduril Industries is building a 150,000-square-foot facility in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to mass-produce Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicles at an unprecedented rate of 200 units annually. The factory signals a shift from bespoke crewed undersea platforms to mass-produced autonomous systems,
Anduril added 223 roles in one week — more than Northrop Grumman posted all month
Anduril closed a $5 billion Series H round at a $61 billion valuation, more than doubling its previous mark. CEO Brian Schimpf says the company nearly doubled its workforce in 2025 as revenue hit $2.2 billion. The article examines what this valuation implies for defense-tech hiring, from robotics en
Anduril raised $5B and won a Golden Dome interceptor slot the same month. Now it needs engineers who understand both orbital mechanics and AI.
Anduril closed a $5B Series H round at a $61B valuation, the largest private funding round in defense-tech history, more than doubling its $30.5B valuation from 12 months prior. Revenue more than doubled to $2.2B in 2025, and the company nearly doubled its workforce. The round positions Anduril as a
Northrop Grumman made 13,000 rocket motors last year. By 2029, it plans to make 25,000 a year.
Northrop Grumman delivered roughly 13,000 rocket motors in 2024 and expects to hit 25,000 annually by 2029, signaling a production surge across the solid-rocket motor industry. The company has committed over $1 billion to solid-rocket motor capacity and is hiring across multiple sites. Separately, N
Anduril Raised $5B at a $61B Valuation. Its Ohio Megafactory Needs 4,000 Workers by 2035.
Anduril Industries raised $5B in Series H funding, doubling its valuation to $61B. The round prices in physical production at scale, not just software revenue. The company is building Arsenal-1, a massive manufacturing facility in Pickaway County, Ohio, designed to employ 4,000 workers by 2035. Reve
Northrop Grumman is hiring engineers who speak isotope and propellant in the same breath
DARPA awarded $3.37M to Morgan State University for the SYMPHONEE project, developing radiovoltaic devices using Strontium-90 to power sensors for decades without batteries. Northrop Grumman leads simulation and survivability analysis, linking nuclear power systems with its solid-rocket motor scale-
The Hardest Job at Anduril Isn't Building Autonomous Weapons. It's Legally Sending Them Abroad.
Anduril Industries is in talks with Israeli officials to establish its first permanent engineering and production hub outside the U.S. The move would support its IPO ambitions, ease ITAR export-control friction, and enable co-development with Israeli defense firms. With a major Air Force CCA product
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